Stars edge Avalanche

Jamie Benn scored twice and added an assist as the Dallas Stars took a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Brenden Morrow scored the other goal while Kari Lehtonen posted 29 saves for
the Stars, who had lost five of six coming into the game.

"I felt really good out there tonight," said Benn. "Our line controlled the
play a little bit more than it has been. We're just trying to get better each
and every game."

P.A. Parenteau and Milan Hejduk each posted a goal for the Avalanche, who had
a two-game winning streak snapped. Semyon Varlamov gave up all three goals on
26 shots in the loss.

"I thought we had some good chances out there tonight, but the pucks just
aren't going in," said Hejduk, who played in his 1,000th game. "It's a little
tough to lose these games, especially in such a short season."

Dallas scored just 2:21 into the game when Benn stripped the puck from Matt
Hunwick and put it home on a short break for his first of the year.

"I did not see him coming," said Hunwick. "It was such a bang-bang play and
everyone was changing. After he got it they had a 3-0 break and it was all
them from there."

The Stars made it a 2-0 game at the 11:18 mark of the opening frame. Off a
right circle faceoff win, Jaromir Jagr grabbed the puck and threw it on net
from the slot and Morrow slammed home the rebound.

Colorado got one back with just 1:48 showing on the first period clock. A shot
by Paul Stastny from the left wing was redirected on net by John Mitchell.
Lehtonen made the stop, but Hejduk was there to shoot in the rebound for his
first of the season.

Skating on the power play, the Avs were able to tie the game as a sharp shot
at the right side by Stastny popped into the air and Parenteau was able to
whack it in out of the air for his seventh goal of the season at the 11:33
mark.

Dallas, though, took the lead back five minutes later when Derek Roy sent a
crisp pass from the left wing to the slot where a wide open Benn snapped a
wrist shot that beat Varlamov to the stick side.

Lehtonen made seven saves in the final period and helped kill off a Jagr
penalty early in the frame, while Dallas benefited from a pair of Colorado
penalties late in the period to hold on for the win.

Game Notes

Dallas plays in Edmonton on Wednesday ... Colorado hosts Anaheim on Wednesday
... Each team won twice in the series last season ... Referee Chris Rooney
left the game about three minutes in after getting hit in the jaw with a
puck. He walked off under his own power and was taken to a local hospital for
further examination.